Peripheral arterial disease as an independent predictor for excess stroke morbidity and mortality in primary-care patients: 5-year results of the getABI study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 546-554

  Meves, Saskia H ^a   Diehm, Curt ^c   Berger, Klaus ^d   Pittrow, David ^e   Trampisch, Hans Joachim ^b   Burghaus, Ina ^b   Tepohl, Gerhart ^f   Allenberg, Jens Rainer ^h   Endres, Heinz G ^b   Schwertfeger, Markus ⁱ   Darius, Harald ^j   Haberl, Roman L ^g,k  

^a St Josef Hospital   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c SRH Clinic   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f Internist/Vascular Medicine   (Germany)

^g Munich Municipal Hospital   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ Sanofi Aventis Pharma GmbH   (Germany)

^j Vivantes Neukoelln Medical Center   (Germany)

^k Neurophysiologie und Stroke Unit   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Peripheral arterial disease; Primary care; Stroke morbidity; Stroke mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPEN STUDY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950305943     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000306640     Document Type: Article

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